Holy See gives Fort Worth bishop 'full governing powers' over Carmelites in Arlington, Texas

(OSV News) -- The Holy See has declared Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth to be 'pontifical commissary' of the Monastery of Saint Joseph of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns, according to a decree from the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life dated May 31, 2023 and published on the website of the Diocese of Fort Worth. Bishop Olson 'will assume his office upon communication' of the decree, it said.

This role, the decree says, gives Bishop Olson 'full gover

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